Fran Lebowitz
Frances Ann Lebowitz (born October 27, 1950 in Morristown , New Jersey ) is an American writer .
Life
Frances Ann Lebowitz is of Jewish descent. After graduating from high school, she worked in several jobs, then as a columnist for Warhol's Interview magazine . She then worked as a journalist for Mademoiselle . With Metropolitan Life (1978) and Social Studies (1981) she published two collections of sardonic essays. Both were later republished in 1994 with a new preface as The Fran Lebowitz Reader . She has been working for Vanity Fair magazine since February 1997 .
In the television series Law & Order she played the judge Janis Goldberg from 2001 to 2007 and later also in an episode of the spin-off series Criminal Intent - Verbrechen im Visier . She was also seen in the role of a judge in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street in 2013.
Works
- Metropolitan Life , Dutton, 1978. ISBN 978-0-525-15562-1
- Social Studies , Random House, 1981. ISBN 978-0-394-51245-7
- The Fran Lebowitz Reader , Vintage Books, 1994, ISBN 978-0-679-76180-8
- Mr. Chas and Lisa Sue Meet the Pandas , Knopf, 1994. ISBN 978-0-679-86052-5
Web links
- Fran Lebowitz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ AT Lunch with: Fran Lebowitz; Words Are Easy, Books Are Not , nytimes.com
- ^ Fran Lebowitz , Vanity Fair, March 5, 2007
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lebowitz, Fran |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lebowitz, Frances Ann (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Morristown , New Jersey , USA |